Eliot Green is turning 13 and about to undergo one of the great rituals of Judaism:
the Bar Mitzvah, when a boy becomes a man, and the party that celebrates it is the
event of a lifetime.

To Eliot’s mother, Rita, it’s a grand stage on which to
present the accomplishments of her family to a waiting
world. To her husband Victor, it’s an expensive party,
getting more expensive every day. To Lesley, his sister, it
means endless responsibility and pouring oil like a troubled
daughter. To Grandad Wax it’s tradition. And to Rabbi
Sherman it’s another Shabbat, another Bar Mitzvah over
and time to put his feet up - or so he thinks...

Witty, insightful, rich in irony and human observation,
Bar Mitzvah Boy stands as one of Jack Rosenthal’s most
famous and most popular plays, rich in universal humour
and creating, in young Eliot and his mother, their friends
and relatives, some of his most memorable characters..